BACKGROUND AND AIM: The sense of taste is a chemical sense which allows everyone to perceive the flavor of what is eaten or drunk. Also, the sense of olfaction is also a chemical sense contributing to the sense of taste to perceive the taste and flavor of food. In the present work, the gustatory and olfactory function in pre- and postmenopausal women and men were studied and compared to each ot...

the purpose of the present study was to compare some biochemical markers of cancer diseases risk between two groups of active and inactive postmenopausal women. for this purpose, 74 postmenopausal women were required to complete baecke questionnaire. they were divided into two groups: active (age: 55.89±4.38 years, height: 156.93±0.05 cm, weight: 63.18±6.50 kg, body fat percentage: 26.25±6.29, ...

conclusions it seems that nasal spray of calcitonin can effectively improve qol of women with lbd and qol changes were not influenced by clinical or para-clinical alteration. mental health domain must be more considered in further studies as a predicting domain for health-related quality of life (hr-qol) changes. background physical activity and mental health could be affected by osteoporosis a...

conclusions the findings indicated that older women with low bmi were at higher risk of low bone mass. body weight, bmi and aging may be important predictors of bmd, but they are not the only factors affecting bone loss. therefore, it is recommended to assess other risk factors with a larger number of patients. results the mean bmd of women older than 50 years compared to those younger than 50 ...

BACKGROUND: Tamoxifen has an estrogenic effect on the liver, lead to increase danger of gallstone development. AIM: This study aimed determine prevalence gall bladder stones formation during tamoxifen therapy. METHODS: A prospective casecontrol enrolled 14 premenopausal and 36 postmenopausal females. The condition was assessed by abdominal ultrasound using “Alpinion Portable Color Doppler E-CUB...

background and aims: diabetes affects all physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of patient’s health. postmenopausal diabetic women are more susceptible due to their crucial conditions. the emotional regulatory role of vitamin d may be because of the existence of its receptors distributed in brain areas involved in emotional processing and affective disorders. the aim of this study is t...

results serum estradiol levels tended to have a negative correlation with homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (homa-ir) in premenopausal women but not in postmenopausal women. on the other hand, free testosterone levels tended to have a positive correlation with homa-ir in postmenopausal women but not in premenopausal women. serum shbg levels showed significant negative correlati...

background: it seems adipocytokines play an important role in breast cancer. omentin-1 is a novel discovered plasma adipocytokine produced mainly in visceral adipose tissue. the aim of present study was to estimate. circulating levels of omentin-1 in postmenopausal breast cancer patients as compare to healthy postmenopausal subjects. materials and methods: this study consisted of 30 postmenopau...